This paper evaluates a large-scale pilot program run by a company called OPOWER, previously known as Positive Energy, to mail home energy use reports to residential utility consumers. The reports include energy conservation information as well as social comparisons between a household’s energy use and that of its neighbors. Using data from a randomized natural …eld experiment at 80,000 treatmen...

The proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and its soluble receptors 1 (sTNFR1) and 2 (sTNFR2) are predictors of mortality in chronic heart failure (CHF) but the determinants of these increased levels of disease-promoting cytokines are largely unknown. Type D personality refers to the combination of the tendency to experience negative emotions (negative affectivity) an...

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This study evaluated the effects of antimicrobial peptide (AMP) and tributyrin (TB) on dairy calves in terms growth performance, immunity, oxidative stress, intestinal microflora. A total 40 female were divided into four treatment groups (n = 10): basal diet +0.015% essential oil, +0.03% AMP, +0.15% TB, AMP + 0.15% TB. TB supplementation increased average daily gain (ADG) weaning weight, while ...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES The study represents the first comprehensive analysis of Stanniocalcin-1 (STC1) hormone in human pregnancy, assessing clinical, lifestyle, and genetic determinants of circulating STC1 at term. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Participants included women with (n = 50) and without (n = 316) preeclampsia (PE) at delivery, recruited in the REPROgrammed fetal and/or materna...

In the article " Effect of the Healthy Schools Program on Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in California Schools, 2006–2012, " an error appeared in the last paragraph of the Results section. The second to last sentence in that paragraph erroneously stated the decline in overweight and obesity as 3%. That sentence should read as follows: In models looking at dose rather than duration of prog...

Preparations of E. coli 014 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) contain a common enterobacterial antigen (CA) in large amounts or in an immunogenic form. Chemical analysis revealed, in addition to o-acetyl groups, only those sugars which are present in the basal core structure of the E. coli or Salmonella LPS (e.g., galactose, glucose, glucosamine, heptose, and ketodeoxyoctonate). On treatment with acetic...

Cristina Januário, Clara Grácio, Diana A. Mendes and Jorge Duarte ISEL-Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Department of Chemistry, Mathematics Unit, Rua Conselheiro Emı́dio Navarro, 1949-014 Lisboa, Portugal E-mail: [email protected] Department of Mathematics, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, 7000-585 Évora, Portugal E-mail: [email protected] Department of Quantitat...